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The top 10 overrated things in sport

1 Prince Naseem Hamed The motormouth in leopardskin, Hamed had the gob but not the guile to be considered one of the great boxers of all time. He was frequently compared to Muhammad Ali, but those comparisons were made almost exclusively by himself. Others saw through the showboating and the histrionics of a man whose pre-fight circus acts often lasted longer than the bouts themselves, and recognised the deficiencies of his technique. The most significant to identify those flaws was Marco Antonio Barrera, the tough Mexican whom he met in Las Vegas in 2001, with the IBO featherweight title at stake. Result? An easy points win for Barrera

2 Silverstone Should do better, really should do better. Modern Formula One racing took shape on the disused airfields of England, so Silverstone has the right to be considered the spiritual home of the sport. It struggles to live up to that